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* BlackComedy: After being kidnapped by the Janitor on Day 29 and trapped in his Van, Oli comments that as a little guy, Apo shouldn't be getting into strangers' vans.
-->'''Apo:''' I'm trying to! […] He didn't even offer me candy!
-->'''Apo:''' I'm trying to! […] He didn't even offer me candy!
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* BluntYes: On Day 29, Apo is captured by the Janitor and imprisoned in the Van, and no one can break him out with just their pickaxes, chisels, and teeth. And look, Jimmy just ''had'' to check, you know?
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* BluntYes: On Day 29, Apo is captured by the Janitor and imprisoned in the Van, and no one can break him out with just their pickaxes, chisels, and teeth. And look, Jimmy just ''had'' is the first to check, you know?suggest the obvious alternative, only to be shouted down immediately.
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** On Day 29, Apo spends the majority of the day's event trapped in the Janitor's Van after being caught in the Laundry Room; the rats' goal is to find the keys to the Van and free them.
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** On Day 29, Apo spends the majority of the day's event trapped in the Janitor's Van after being caught gathering fabric in the Laundry Room; the rats' goal is to find the keys to the Van and free them.
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* BlackComedy: After being kidnapped by the Janitor on Day 29 and trapped in his van, Oli comments that as a little guy, Apo shouldn't be getting into strangers' vans.
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* BlackComedy: After being kidnapped by the Janitor on Day 29 and trapped in his van, Van, Oli comments that as a little guy, Apo shouldn't be getting into strangers' vans.
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* DamselInDistress[=/=]DistressedDude: Any of the rats who are caught and trapped in cages by humans become this; they have 7 minutes to be rescued, otherwise they are killed. However, this can be [[DamselOutOfDistress subverted]] with the use of Chorus Fruit or an Ender pearl, which allows the consumer/thrower to teleport a few blocks away and thus out of the cage.
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* DamselInDistress[=/=]DistressedDude: DamselInDistress[=/=]DistressedDude:
** Any of the rats who are caught and trapped in cages by humans become this; they have 7 minutes to be rescued, otherwise they are killed. However, this can be [[DamselOutOfDistress subverted]] with the use of Chorus Fruit or an Ender pearl, which allows the consumer/thrower to teleport a few blocks away and thus out of thecage.cage.
** On Day 29, Apo spends the majority of the day's event trapped in the Janitor's Van after being caught in the Laundry Room; the rats' goal is to find the keys to the Van and free them.
** Any of the rats who are caught and trapped in cages by humans become this; they have 7 minutes to be rescued, otherwise they are killed. However, this can be [[DamselOutOfDistress subverted]] with the use of Chorus Fruit or an Ender pearl, which allows the consumer/thrower to teleport a few blocks away and thus out of the
** On Day 29, Apo spends the majority of the day's event trapped in the Janitor's Van after being caught in the Laundry Room; the rats' goal is to find the keys to the Van and free them.
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** The garden gnome that El builds for the second human Gardener is split into two due to its large size. Scott modifies it so that both ends are sticking out of VideoGame/{{portal}}s.
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** Oli claims on Day 19 that he learnt how to write love letters from reading ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades of Rat]]''.
** The garden gnome that El builds for the second human Gardener on Day 23 is split into two due to its large size. Scott modifies it so that both ends are sticking out of VideoGame/{{portal}}s.
** The garden gnome that El builds for the second human Gardener on Day 23 is split into two due to its large size. Scott modifies it so that both ends are sticking out of VideoGame/{{portal}}s.
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* DramaticIrony: On Day 19, Oli finds out garbages memoirs to the Butler has been stolen from the Blue Room and starts threatening any rat whom garbage believes to have taken it from its "rightful" spot… in front of Will, who took the book earlier that day out of curiosity about what the words inside say and was wisely told by Oliver to keep their mouth shut about it.
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* DramaticIrony: On Day 19, Oli finds out garbages memoirs to the Butler has been stolen from the Blue Room and starts threatening any rat whom garbage believes to have ever taken it from its "rightful" spot… in front of Will, who took the book earlier that day out of curiosity about what the words inside say and was wisely told by Oliver to keep their mouth shut about it.
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* DramaticIrony: On Day 19, Oli finds out garbages memoirs to the Butler has been stolen from the Blue Room and starts threatening any rat whom garbage believes to have taken it from its "rightful" spot… in front of Will, who took the book earlier that day out of curiosity about what the words inside say and was wisely told by Oliver to keep their mouth shut about it.
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** Sniff, being from TheClan, has six cousins via one uncle alone, and one of those cousins gave birth to a litter of twelve shortly before the time of the SMP.
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* RunningGag: Owen yelling at everyone to stop using the in-game chat in the middle of server events, to no avail.
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** On Day 15, after having to herd Ponk around the Mansion all day, Owen asks the other rats if they can never have any guests ever again, to which most of the other rats present agree. Little do they know, Ponk is only the first in a ''long'' line of non-rats who are going to be stopping by the Mansion for the winter.
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* HumansAreCthulhu: The humans are several times taller than the rats, who all but live in perpetual terror hiding from them. While the rats gradually get used to the humans' presence and later [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu help resolve conflicts between the NPCs from afar]], and the humans occasionally ''do'' help the rats in turn with problems like magical mishaps, the inherent threat of being trapped in a cage with no one to save them in time is always daunting for the rats and a constant in their life in the Mansion. The rats also have plenty of horror stories to tell about humans, including taxidermy and apparently one instance of putting another human's head on a stick.
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* HumansAreCthulhu: The humans are several times taller than the rats, who all but live in perpetual terror hiding from them. While the rats gradually get used to the humans' presence and later [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu help resolve conflicts between the NPCs from afar]], and the humans occasionally ''do'' help the rats in turn with problems like magical mishaps, the inherent threat of being trapped in a cage with no one to save them in time is always daunting for the rats and a constant in their life in the Mansion. The rats also have plenty of horror stories to tell about humans, humans on Day 15 alone, including taxidermy and apparently taxidermy, one apparent instance of putting another human's head on a stick.stick, and global warming.
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* AnvilOnHead: After the cats are released, Tubbo drops an anvil on one of them. It ''somehow'' lives.
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* AnvilOnHead: After the cats are released, released on Day 10, Tubbo drops an anvil on one of them. It ''somehow'' lives.
* AsleepForDays: The creator-characters logging in and out of the server are recorded in the in-game chat as them taking "rat naps", resulting in instances of this every time a creator-character hasn't appeared on the server for more than a day.
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* HumansAreCthulhu: The humans are several times taller than the rats, who all but live in perpetual terror hiding from them. While the rats gradually get used to the humans' presence and later [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu help resolve conflicts between the NPCs from afar]], and the humans occasionally ''do'' help the rats in turn with problems like magical mishaps, the inherent threat of being trapped in a cage with no one to save them in time is always daunting for the rats and a constant in their life in the Mansion.
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* HumansAreCthulhu: The humans are several times taller than the rats, who all but live in perpetual terror hiding from them. While the rats gradually get used to the humans' presence and later [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu help resolve conflicts between the NPCs from afar]], and the humans occasionally ''do'' help the rats in turn with problems like magical mishaps, the inherent threat of being trapped in a cage with no one to save them in time is always daunting for the rats and a constant in their life in the Mansion. The rats also have plenty of horror stories to tell about humans, including taxidermy and apparently one instance of putting another human's head on a stick.
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** Several references have been thrown around regarding the passage of time for the rats in years, especially in their backstories. In actuality, ''domesticated'' pet rats only live 2–4 years on average and about 7 years at maximum, while their wild counterpart, the brown rat, often barely lives ''one'' year.
** On a related note, the rat reproductive rate is thoroughly exaggerated. Rats typically have 5–10 babies per litter (or up to 12), and 3–6 litters per year, their average lifespan in the wild. This means they would usually have under 100 babies in a year, and are unlikely to have 400 or more children in a generation.
** Similarly to the rats, it's stated that the termite guests have been living in the walls of the attic their entire lives up until they were found by the rats, which was about a week at most. In reality, queen termites can live up to ''a decade'' in optimal conditions, and even worker termites have an average livespan of a year on average.
** Additionally, the termites pass their crown between each other, allegedly because their late grandfather never left a line of succession for it; needless to say, this is ''not'' how termite "queens" function -- or any insect colonies, for that matter.
** On a related note, the rat reproductive rate is thoroughly exaggerated. Rats typically have 5–10 babies per litter (or up to 12), and 3–6 litters per year, their average lifespan in the wild. This means they would usually have under 100 babies in a year, and are unlikely to have 400 or more children in a generation.
** Similarly to the rats, it's stated that the termite guests have been living in the walls of the attic their entire lives up until they were found by the rats, which was about a week at most. In reality, queen termites can live up to ''a decade'' in optimal conditions, and even worker termites have an average livespan of a year on average.
** Additionally, the termites pass their crown between each other, allegedly because their late grandfather never left a line of succession for it; needless to say, this is ''not'' how termite "queens" function -- or any insect colonies, for that matter.
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** Rats:
*** Several references have been thrown around regarding the passage of time for the rats in years, especially in their backstories. In actuality, ''domesticated'' pet rats only live 2–4 years on average and about 7 years at maximum, while their wild counterpart, the brown rat, often barely lives ''one'' year.
** *** On a related note, the rat reproductive rate is thoroughly exaggerated.exaggerated in a few instances. Rats typically have 5–10 babies per litter (or up to 12), and 3–6 litters per year, their average lifespan in the wild. This means they would usually have under 100 babies in a year, and are unlikely to have 400 or more children in a generation.
** Contrary to what Ponk says, neither badgers nor honey badgers hibernate in the winter.
** Termites:
*** Similarly to the rats, it's stated that the termite guests have been living in the walls of the attic their entire lives up until they were found by the rats, which was about a week at most. In reality, queen termites can live up to ''a decade'' in optimal conditions, and even worker termites have an average livespan of a year on average.
** *** Additionally, the termites pass their crown between each other, allegedly because their late grandfather never left a line of succession for it; needless to say, this is ''not'' how termite "queens" function -- or any insect colonies, for that matter.
*** Several references have been thrown around regarding the passage of time for the rats in years, especially in their backstories. In actuality, ''domesticated'' pet rats only live 2–4 years on average and about 7 years at maximum, while their wild counterpart, the brown rat, often barely lives ''one'' year.
** Contrary to what Ponk says, neither badgers nor honey badgers hibernate in the winter.
** Termites:
*** Similarly to the rats, it's stated that the termite guests have been living in the walls of the attic their entire lives up until they were found by the rats, which was about a week at most. In reality, queen termites can live up to ''a decade'' in optimal conditions, and even worker termites have an average livespan of a year on average.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: The rats, being rats, are prone to eating just about anything and everything. There have been mentions of them eating glue, apple seeds, paper, Bottles o' Enchanting, candle wax, and gnawing on the wires and walls.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: The rats, being rats, are prone to eating just about anything and everything. There have been mentions of them eating glue, apple seeds, paper, Bottles o' Enchanting, candle wax, cherry pits (which have cyanide in them), and Tide Pods, and gnawing on the wires and walls.
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** With 6[[note]](not counting creators with guest appearances)[[/notes]] of the main cast members having previously been on the ''WebVideo/OutsidersSMP'', which ended about two months before ''Rats'', there are quite a few references to that:
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** With 6[[note]](not counting creators with guest appearances)[[/notes]] appearances)[[/note]] of the main cast members having previously been on the ''WebVideo/OutsidersSMP'', which ended about two months before ''Rats'', there are quite a few references to that:
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Several of the rats are illiterate, at least at the start of the series, often due to starting out in positions where they were never able to receive a modern, human-equivalent education.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Several of the rats are illiterate, at least illiterate at the start beginning of the series, often due to starting out in positions where they were never able to receive a modern, human-equivalent education.education. Most of them end up learning over the course of the SMP.
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* ForgedMessage: {{Invoked|Trope}} by the rats on multiple occasions, writing messages in the guise of other human NPCs to conduct certain actions, e.g. leaving the pantry door open, so they can stay in the Mansion longer without starving to death.
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* ForgedMessage: {{Invoked|Trope}} by the rats on multiple occasions, writing messages in the guise of other human NPCs [=NPCs=] to conduct certain actions, e.g. leaving the pantry door open, so they can stay in the Mansion longer without starving to death.
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** With 6 of the main cast members having previously been on the ''WebVideo/OutsidersSMP'', which ended about two months before ''Rats'', there are quite a few references to that:
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** With 6 6[[note]](not counting creators with guest appearances)[[/notes]] of the main cast members having previously been on the ''WebVideo/OutsidersSMP'', which ended about two months before ''Rats'', there are quite a few references to that:
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Several of the rats are illiterate, at least at the start of the series, often due to starting out in positions where they were never able to receive a modern education.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Several of the rats are illiterate, at least at the start of the series, often due to starting out in positions where they were never able to receive a modern modern, human-equivalent education.
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** Following a small dispute on Day 2 over who among a crowd of rats picked up the humans' two music discs, Owen jokes that they can make [[WebVideo/DreamSMP a popular SMP about the discs]] and that it would be a "dream come true", while Bek comments that music discs would be a weird thing to fight over.
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* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Most of the creators' stream chats take the form of fleas, and raiding another creator on Twitch is referred to as "sharing fleas"; Owen's, though, are gears, and Scott's are clumps of mud.
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* ForgedMessage: {{Invoked|Trope}} by the rats on multiple occasions, writing messages in the guise of other human NPCs to conduct certain actions, e.g. leaving the pantry door open, so they can stay in the Mansion longer without starving to death.
* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Most of the creators' stream chats take the form of fleas, and raiding another creator on Twitch is referred to as "sharing fleas"; Owen's, though, are gears, and Scott's are clumps of dirt and mud.
* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Most of the creators' stream chats take the form of fleas, and raiding another creator on Twitch is referred to as "sharing fleas"; Owen's, though, are gears, and Scott's are clumps of dirt and mud.
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** After finding out the Maid's name is 'Haru', Martyn insists on calling her "Hafu", the screen-name of a fellow content creator.
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* {{Lilliputians}}: All of the main cast are rats, and are under one block tall. The non-human guest stars, being other animals, are also typically shorter than the the human [=NPCs=].
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* {{Lilliputians}}: All of the main cast are rats, and are under one block tall.tall with varying heights. The non-human guest stars, being other animals, are also typically shorter than the the human [=NPCs=].
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* ChekhovsGun: On Day 3, Scott, Bek, Owen, and Will discover a lever suspended on the ceiling, and surmise pulling it allows humans to access the attic where the rats are living. [[spoiler:It {{foreshadow|ing}}s the finale where the Janitor comes into the attic using this, forcing the entire rat population to flee the Mansion altogether as their home and safe space has been compromised.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: On Day 3, 2, Scott, Bek, Owen, and Will discover a lever suspended on the ceiling, and surmise pulling it allows humans to access the attic where the rats are living. [[spoiler:It {{foreshadow|ing}}s the finale where the Janitor comes into the attic using this, forcing the entire rat population to flee the Mansion altogether as their home and safe space has been compromised.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: On Day 2, Scott, Bek, Owen, and Will discover a lever suspended on the ceiling, and surmise pulling it allows humans to access the attic where the rats are living. [[spoiler:It {{foreshadow|ing}}s the finale where the Janitor comes into the attic using this, forcing the entire rat population to flee the Mansion altogether as their home and safe space has been compromised.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: On Day 2, 3, Scott, Bek, Owen, and Will discover a lever suspended on the ceiling, and surmise pulling it allows humans to access the attic where the rats are living. [[spoiler:It {{foreshadow|ing}}s the finale where the Janitor comes into the attic using this, forcing the entire rat population to flee the Mansion altogether as their home and safe space has been compromised.]]
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* MythologyGag: Considering 5 out of 16 of the main cast members are members of Season 2 of the ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'', there have been several nods to that:
** Jimmy is ''not'' happy about entering the server via the Toy Room, and claims to have "flashbacks" in relation to toys. He has also explicitly stated that he hates salmon.
** During his visit, Tommy is seen to own several oddly familiar Sheriff toys, which he claims to be his sons.
** Jimmy is ''not'' happy about entering the server via the Toy Room, and claims to have "flashbacks" in relation to toys. He has also explicitly stated that he hates salmon.
** During his visit, Tommy is seen to own several oddly familiar Sheriff toys, which he claims to be his sons.
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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** With 6 of the main cast members having previously been on the ''WebVideo/OutsidersSMP'', which ended about two months before ''Rats'', there are quite a few references to that:
*** Several of the ''Outsiders'' veterans have mentioned having a distaste for mazes and being trapped in them, with Acho and Krow explicitly citing it as a "distant memory" or "''déjà vu'' trauma" on Day 1.
** Considering 5 out of 16 of the main cast members are members of Season 2 of the ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'', there have been several nods tothat:
**that as well:
*** Jimmy is ''not'' happy about entering the server via the Toy Room, and claims to have "flashbacks" in relation to toys. He has also explicitly stated that he hates salmon.
** *** During his visit, Tommy is seen to own several oddly familiar Sheriff toys, which he claims to be his sons.
** With 6 of the main cast members having previously been on the ''WebVideo/OutsidersSMP'', which ended about two months before ''Rats'', there are quite a few references to that:
*** Several of the ''Outsiders'' veterans have mentioned having a distaste for mazes and being trapped in them, with Acho and Krow explicitly citing it as a "distant memory" or "''déjà vu'' trauma" on Day 1.
** Considering 5 out of 16 of the main cast members are members of Season 2 of the ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'', there have been several nods to
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*** Jimmy is ''not'' happy about entering the server via the Toy Room, and claims to have "flashbacks" in relation to toys. He has also explicitly stated that he hates salmon.
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* OneSteveLimit: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with several rats (and by extension, content creators) who have similar names, including Acho and Apo, or Oli and Oliver (portrayed by cc!Olive).
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A few of the rats have decidedly unnatural fur/hair colours, like Acho (lilac), Lizzie (pink), and Scott (light blue). Acho's case is justified, being a former pet fancy rat living with ''unconventional'' humans (and his fur is revealed to be naturally white in his finale), but the other two have ''no'' excuse.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A few of the rats have decidedly unnatural fur/hair colours, like Acho (lilac), Lizzie (pink), and Scott (light blue). Acho's %%Acho's case is justified, being a former pet fancy rat living with ''unconventional'' humans (and his fur is revealed to be naturally white in his finale), but the other two have ''no'' excuse.
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** Several references have been thrown around regarding the passage of time for the rats in years, especially in their backstories. In actuality, ''domesticated'' pet rats only live 2-4 years on average and about 7 years at maximum, while their wild counterpart, the brown rat, often barely lives ''one'' year.
** On a related note, the rat reproductive rate is thoroughly exaggerated. Rats typically have 5-10 babies per litter (or up to 12), and 3-6 litters per year, their average lifespan in the wild. This means they would usually have under 100 babies in a year, and are unlikely to have 400 or more children in a generation.
** On a related note, the rat reproductive rate is thoroughly exaggerated. Rats typically have 5-10 babies per litter (or up to 12), and 3-6 litters per year, their average lifespan in the wild. This means they would usually have under 100 babies in a year, and are unlikely to have 400 or more children in a generation.
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** Several references have been thrown around regarding the passage of time for the rats in years, especially in their backstories. In actuality, ''domesticated'' pet rats only live 2-4 2–4 years on average and about 7 years at maximum, while their wild counterpart, the brown rat, often barely lives ''one'' year.
** On a related note, the rat reproductive rate is thoroughly exaggerated. Rats typically have5-10 5–10 babies per litter (or up to 12), and 3-6 3–6 litters per year, their average lifespan in the wild. This means they would usually have under 100 babies in a year, and are unlikely to have 400 or more children in a generation.
** On a related note, the rat reproductive rate is thoroughly exaggerated. Rats typically have
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* CelebrityParadox: Sneeg and Philza from the ''WebVideo/OriginsSMP'', a different world, make guest appearances in the series. Aside from a few comments that they look or sound familiar (and Sneeg gifting Scott a [[CelestialBody Nether star]] on arrival), the series attempts to side-step the issue that Scott the content creator is on ''both'' servers.
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* MythologyGag: Considering 5 out of 16 of the main cast members are members of the ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'', there have been several nods to that:
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* UnnamedParent:
** Played straight for most of the rats who have their parents mentioned in their backstories.
** {{Downplayed|Trope}}; the Icraga parents are only known by their surname.
** Played straight for most of the rats who have their parents mentioned in their backstories.
** {{Downplayed|Trope}}; the Icraga parents are only known by their surname.
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**UnnamedParent: Played straight for most of the rats who have their parents mentioned in their backstories.
** %%** {{Downplayed|Trope}}; the Icraga parents are only known by their surname.
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** Olive's 1st episode opens with an excerpt from the rats' VillainSong from ''WebVideo/RatMovieMysteryOfTheMayanTreasure'', and Owen has been nicknamed "the big rat who makes all the rules" for being a server admin.
--->''Rats! We're rats!\\
We're the rats…\\
We prey at night, we stalk at night,\\
We're the rats!''
--->''Rats! We're rats!\\
We're the rats…\\
We prey at night, we stalk at night,\\
We're the rats!''
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The ''Rats SMP'' is a private, modded ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' multiplayer server hosted by [=POWCreations=], which was founded by Apokuna and [=OwengeJuiceTV=]. It features several prominent Minecraft [=YouTubers=] and streamers, including Bekyamon, Soupforeloise, Krowfang, [[WebVideo/EmpiresSMP Scott Smajor, LDShadowLady, SolidarityGaming, TheOrionSound, Shubble]], LetsPlay/{{InTheLittleWood}}, and Tubbo, with numerous guest stars from the broader Minecraft content creator community.
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The ''Rats SMP'' is a private, modded ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' multiplayer server hosted by [=POWCreations=], which was founded by Apokuna and [=OwengeJuiceTV=]. It features several prominent Minecraft [=YouTubers=] YouTubers and streamers, including Bekyamon, Soupforeloise, Krowfang, [[WebVideo/EmpiresSMP Scott Smajor, LDShadowLady, SolidarityGaming, TheOrionSound, Shubble]], LetsPlay/{{InTheLittleWood}}, and Tubbo, with numerous guest stars especially from the broader Minecraft content creator community.
''WebVideo/OutsidersSMP'', the ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'', and other adjacent series.
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The ''Rats SMP'' is a private, modded ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' multiplayer server hosted by [=POWCreations=], which was founded by Apokuna and [=OwengeJuiceTV=]. It features several prominent Minecraft [=YouTubers=] and streamers, including Bekyamon, Soupforeloise, Krowfang, [[WebVideo/EmpiresSMP Scott Smajor, LDShadowLady, SolidarityGaming, TheOrionSound, Shubble]], LetsPlay/{{InTheLittleWood}}, and LetsPlay/{{Tubbo}}, with numerous guest stars from the broader Minecraft content creator community.
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The ''Rats SMP'' is a private, modded ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' multiplayer server hosted by [=POWCreations=], which was founded by Apokuna and [=OwengeJuiceTV=]. It features several prominent Minecraft [=YouTubers=] and streamers, including Bekyamon, Soupforeloise, Krowfang, [[WebVideo/EmpiresSMP Scott Smajor, LDShadowLady, SolidarityGaming, TheOrionSound, Shubble]], LetsPlay/{{InTheLittleWood}}, and LetsPlay/{{Tubbo}}, Tubbo, with numerous guest stars from the broader Minecraft content creator community.
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The ''Rats SMP'' is a private, modded ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' multiplayer server hosted by [=POWCreations=], which was founded by Apokuna and [=OwengeJuiceTV=]. It features several prominent Minecraft [=YouTubers=] and streamers, including Bekyamon, Soupforeloise, Krowfang, [[LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP Scott Smajor, LDShadowLady, SolidarityGaming, TheOrionSound, Shubble]], LetsPlay/{{InTheLittleWood}}, and LetsPlay/{{Tubbo}}, with numerous guest stars from the broader Minecraft content creator community.
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The ''Rats SMP'' is a private, modded ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' multiplayer server hosted by [=POWCreations=], which was founded by Apokuna and [=OwengeJuiceTV=]. It features several prominent Minecraft [=YouTubers=] and streamers, including Bekyamon, Soupforeloise, Krowfang, [[LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP [[WebVideo/EmpiresSMP Scott Smajor, LDShadowLady, SolidarityGaming, TheOrionSound, Shubble]], LetsPlay/{{InTheLittleWood}}, and LetsPlay/{{Tubbo}}, with numerous guest stars from the broader Minecraft content creator community.
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* MythologyGag: Considering 5 out of 16 of the main cast members are members of the ''LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP'', there have been several nods to that:
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* CelebrityParadox: Sneeg and Philza from the ''LetsPlay/OriginsSMP'', a different world, make guest appearances in the series. Aside from a few comments that they look or sound familiar (and Sneeg gifting Scott a [[CelestialBody Nether star]] on arrival), the series attempts to side-step the issue that Scott the content creator is on ''both'' servers.
* CharacterOverlap: Special guests Sneeg and Philza are {{Dimensional Traveler}}s who are native to the ''LetsPlay/OriginsSMP''. A lightning strike may or may not have been involved in the dimension travel.
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* CelebrityParadox: Sneeg and Philza from the ''LetsPlay/OriginsSMP'', ''WebVideo/OriginsSMP'', a different world, make guest appearances in the series. Aside from a few comments that they look or sound familiar (and Sneeg gifting Scott a [[CelestialBody Nether star]] on arrival), the series attempts to side-step the issue that Scott the content creator is on ''both'' servers.
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* {{Crossover}}: A brief one with the LetsPlay/OriginsSMP occurs when guests Sneeg and Philza travel into the ''Rats'' dimension via a CrackInTheSky.
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->''"Unknown to my younger self, however, one of the most exciting periods of my life, one full of mystery and inquisition, was the time a small family of friends moved into the Mansion, unbeknownst to the rest of us, at least at first. Our tale begins with some little rats…"''
-->-- '''Narrator'''
The ''Rats SMP'' is a private, modded ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' multiplayer server hosted by [=POWCreations=], which was founded by Apokuna and [=OwengeJuiceTV=]. It features several prominent Minecraft [=YouTubers=] and streamers, including Bekyamon, Soupforeloise, Krowfang, [[LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP Scott Smajor, LDShadowLady, SolidarityGaming, TheOrionSound, Shubble]], LetsPlay/{{InTheLittleWood}}, and LetsPlay/{{Tubbo}}, with numerous guest stars from the broader Minecraft content creator community.
On the SMP, all the players are RatMen living in a large Mansion in the countryside; however, the Mansion is also inhabited by human [=NPCs=], who will attempt to catch and either trap or kill any of the rats if they see them. If a player dies three times, they are KilledOffForReal. In between server events, the rats must complete various quests to establish a closer relationship with both other Mansion inhabitants and guests, or prevent the humans from discovering their presence in their walls.
The ''Rats SMP'' began on October 16th, 2022, and ended on January 8th, 2023.
'''Note:''' Unless otherwise specified, all tropes pertain to the '''characters''', not the '''content creators''' that play them.
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!!The Rats SMP contains examples of:
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: PlayedForDrama. According to El, the rats tried some drinks after finding the wine cellar to the Mansion on Day 29, which resulted in a ''severe'' lack of judgement and the intentional overheating and subsequent explosion of the Boiler Room. The Janitor is [[MisplacedRetribution not happy about it]], to say the least.
* AllThereInTheManual: Supplementary material in the form of character bios for the main cast can be found on [[https://twitter.com/POWCreations POWCreations' official Twitter account]].
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A few of the rats have decidedly unnatural fur/hair colours, like Acho (lilac), Lizzie (pink), and Scott (light blue). Acho's case is justified, being a former pet fancy rat living with ''unconventional'' humans (and his fur is revealed to be naturally white in his finale), but the other two have ''no'' excuse.
* AnvilOnHead: After the cats are released, Tubbo drops an anvil on one of them. It ''somehow'' lives.
* ArtImitatesArt: El's art gallery displays many rat-ified pastiches of classic art pieces created with the Chisel and Bits mod, including the "[[MonaLisaSmile Mona Rita]]", "[[TheScreamParody The Squeak]]", a version of "Starry Night" where [[CheesyMoon the moon is a piece of cheese]], and "[[SistineSteal The Creation of Ratam]]".
* ArtisticLicenseBiology:
** Several references have been thrown around regarding the passage of time for the rats in years, especially in their backstories. In actuality, ''domesticated'' pet rats only live 2-4 years on average and about 7 years at maximum, while their wild counterpart, the brown rat, often barely lives ''one'' year.
** On a related note, the rat reproductive rate is thoroughly exaggerated. Rats typically have 5-10 babies per litter (or up to 12), and 3-6 litters per year, their average lifespan in the wild. This means they would usually have under 100 babies in a year, and are unlikely to have 400 or more children in a generation.
** Similarly to the rats, it's stated that the termite guests have been living in the walls of the attic their entire lives up until they were found by the rats, which was about a week at most. In reality, queen termites can live up to ''a decade'' in optimal conditions, and even worker termites have an average livespan of a year on average.
** Additionally, the termites pass their crown between each other, allegedly because their late grandfather never left a line of succession for it; needless to say, this is ''not'' how termite "queens" function -- or any insect colonies, for that matter.
* BackForTheFinale:
** Lizzie accidentally falls asleep after the first few weeks and only wakes up in time for the finale. [[spoiler:And then [[BackForTheDead she gets shot]] by Mr. Icraga with a medieval crossbow. Luckily for her, she still has two lives to spare from being PutOnABus for most of the series' run-time.]]
** After [[spoiler:the Janitor]] is told to pack up and leave about ten days after his debut, he returns for the finale when [[spoiler:Mr. Icraga comes home and]] calls him ''off'' leave.
* BetaCouple: Aimsey and Guqqie, the rabbit guests, get together with much sweetness and fairly little drama.
-->'''Martyn:''' Well, this goes better than Eloise and Bek, doesn't it?
* BlackComedy: After being kidnapped by the Janitor on Day 29 and trapped in his van, Oli comments that as a little guy, Apo shouldn't be getting into strangers' vans.
-->'''Apo:''' I'm trying to! […] He didn't even offer me candy!
* BigFancyHouse: The place where the server is set is a large house in the countryside, distant from the big cities; the house itself is enormous, not just from the perspective of the rat protagonists, but from the fact that it contains rooms and halls fancy enough to have chandeliers, as well as rat-sized secret passageways between rooms inside the walls.
* BluntYes: On Day 29, Apo is captured by the Janitor and imprisoned in the Van, and no one can break him out with just their pickaxes, chisels, and teeth. And look, Jimmy just ''had'' to check, you know?
-->'''Jimmy:''' First off, do we care if he drives off with Apo?\\
'''Everyone else:''' YES.
* BriefAccentImitation: After completing a quest for the Maid's melon juice, Apo, Bek, and Scott notice a painting of French ships in a hallway and start imitating French accents, burning candles in the attic to "get rid of the accent".
* CelebrityParadox: Sneeg and Philza from the ''LetsPlay/OriginsSMP'', a different world, make guest appearances in the series. Aside from a few comments that they look or sound familiar (and Sneeg gifting Scott a [[CelestialBody Nether star]] on arrival), the series attempts to side-step the issue that Scott the content creator is on ''both'' servers.
* CharacterOverlap: Special guests Sneeg and Philza are {{Dimensional Traveler}}s who are native to the ''LetsPlay/OriginsSMP''. A lightning strike may or may not have been involved in the dimension travel.
* ChekhovsGun: On Day 2, Scott, Bek, Owen, and Will discover a lever suspended on the ceiling, and surmise pulling it allows humans to access the attic where the rats are living. [[spoiler:It {{foreshadow|ing}}s the finale where the Janitor comes into the attic using this, forcing the entire rat population to flee the Mansion altogether as their home and safe space has been compromised.]]
* CourtroomEpisode: About halfway through the series, a trial is held for Oli because he pushed Apo to be mauled by cats to save himself. El, acting as the judge presiding over the trial, declares Oli neither guilty nor innocent but arranges a duel for the two parties to fight it out.
* CrackInTheSky: The portal connecting the LetsPlay/OriginsSMP that allowed Sneeg to enter the ''Rats'' world appears as a patch of dark blue sky with what appears to be stars scattered around.
* {{Crossover}}: A brief one with the LetsPlay/OriginsSMP occurs when guests Sneeg and Philza travel into the ''Rats'' dimension via a CrackInTheSky.
* DamselInDistress[=/=]DistressedDude: Any of the rats who are caught and trapped in cages by humans become this; they have 7 minutes to be rescued, otherwise they are killed. However, this can be [[DamselOutOfDistress subverted]] with the use of Chorus Fruit or an Ender pearl, which allows the consumer/thrower to teleport a few blocks away and thus out of the cage.
* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: To the Magical Squid, at least, who requires the rats to dance well enough to his standards to obtain a Glitter Sac from him. Considering the rats need the Glitter Sac as a potion ingredient to reverse a ForcedTransformation for two among their number, this challenge is taken very seriously by everyone involved.
* DarkAndTroubledPast:
** Oli's [[ParentalAbandonment mother apparently "died long ago from rat diseases" and his father was apparently flushed down the toilet]], causing him to turn to rummaging through garbage for survival. He's also been confirmed to have an absurdly large number of dead family members.
** The reason Jimmy is the Safety Rat is apparently because his old house burnt down with his family in it.
** [[spoiler:Billzo the goat escaped from a slaughterhouse-farm and was on the run after his parents were sent off to the glue factory, only to stumble across the Mansion the rats were residing.]]
* DontCelebrateJustYet: On Day 47, after Scott throws the first couple of potion doses at the cats, they split into four clones which either kill each other or suffocate in the walls. The rats initially gather to celebrate their apparent victory, only to get chased down by the final clone, and the last dose of the potion ends in catastrophe.
* DoubleJump: One of the rats' abilities, which helps negate or at least soften any fall damage they sustain.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The rats, being rats, are prone to eating just about anything and everything. There have been mentions of them eating glue, apple seeds, paper, Bottles o' Enchanting, candle wax, and gnawing on the wires and walls.
* FesteringFungus: After the explosion of the Boiler Room, a deadly invasive species of warped fungus begins to grow in the Mansion, concentrated at first in the garden, then in the destroyed Boiler Room as Owen decides to plant a mushroom to get rid of the bug infestation there. Inhaling its spores in large amounts is deadly to rats ''and'' humans, granting long-lasting Slowness and later Wither effects, the latter of which can be lethal; even inhaling too much of the fumes in which the fungus is burnt can kill in three days. So far, it has (directly or indirectly) claimed the lives of many of Scott's unnamed family members and Owen (life #1)… but not Shelby, who's [[BrooklynRage from New York]] and is joked to be Built Different™.[[note]]In actuality, Shelby just downed a bottle of milk, which can clear one potion effect -- in her case, the Wither effect inflicted by the spores.[[/note]]
* ForcedTransformation:
** On Day 39, Will and El are accidentally turned into cats after Oli throws one of the Eldest Daughter's potions on them, and have only [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve until midnight]] that day to undo the effects before they become cats permanently.
** On Day 47, Scott attempts to {{invoke|dTrope}} this by attempting to brew potions that can turn the cats into rats, so he can kill them in revenge. [[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately for him and the other rats]], brewing potions is ''not'' like cooking as he assumed; under the potion's effects, the two cats multiply in numbers, one of the 'clones' gets killed by another clone, two more suddenly drop dead, and the other, newer clones shift in sizes -- either enlarging to half the height of a human or shrinking to the size of a termite. The resultant disaster, which Scott ultimately ''very much'' regrets, ultimately causes two canon deaths.
* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Most of the creators' stream chats take the form of fleas, and raiding another creator on Twitch is referred to as "sharing fleas"; Owen's, though, are gears, and Scott's are clumps of mud.
* FromRoommatesToRomance: Oliver moves into Sniff's house at the start of the series, and they get together near the end.
-->'''Sniff:''' I'm gonna make Olive[r] and I's room, because apparently we're sharing a room. Now, before you ask if that's gay, it is.
* HumansAreCthulhu: The humans are several times taller than the rats, who all but live in perpetual terror hiding from them. While the rats gradually get used to the humans' presence and later [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu help resolve conflicts between the NPCs from afar]], and the humans occasionally ''do'' help the rats in turn with problems like magical mishaps, the inherent threat of being trapped in a cage with no one to save them in time is always daunting for the rats and a constant in their life in the Mansion.
-->'''Jimmy:''' ''(hiding from the Maid)'' I don't like this. I didn't know this is- This is Horror SMP!
* HurricaneOfPuns: And not just because there's a resident Pun Master rat; half the server are willing and able to make puns, often relating to rodents or their respective specialties, when the situation calls for it.
* ImAHumanitarian:
** Other than being forced to cannibalizing on ratlings for survival just before the events of the series, Tubbo gives Bek some of the leftover meat from his time in the "Cupboard of Starvation" without telling her of what it actually consists of. When this is revealed, everyone else is disturbed.
** {{Discussed|Trope}} [[BlackComedyCannibalism for Laughs]]. When rabbit guests Aimsey and Guqqie are invited to stay in the shed for shelter from the cold, Martyn asks Scott to feed them rabbit stew. The two rabbits are rightfully horrified, and Scott chides him on being mean until he get the memo that they ''are'' rabbits.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Weapons used by the rats due to their small size include [[SewingNeedleSword sewing needles and safety pins as swords]], buttons and golden coins as shields, thumbtacks as arrows, and dental floss picks as bows.
* JumpScare: While not patrolling the hallways, the humans are known to materialize out of thin air in parts of the Mansion where the rats are, resulting in this and forcing them to flee and remain vigilant at all times.
* {{Lilliputians}}: All of the main cast are rats, and are under one block tall. The non-human guest stars, being other animals, are also typically shorter than the the human [=NPCs=].
* MassiveNumberedSiblings:
** {{Discussed|Trope}}; Martyn claims to have [[ExplosiveBreeder 500 children]] by the time the series takes place, though none of them are ever seen in the livestreams or episodes.[[note]]A later livestream has him claim that he only has two kids, which is likely a reflection of his content creator counterpart's family life.[[/note]]
** Owen has 461 older siblings.
* MouseWorld: The rats reside in the walls and attic of the Mansion, and in various corners of the human world. Rat society also draws certain parallels with human society, sharing bonds and friendships, furniture, weapons, etc.
* MythologyGag: Considering 5 out of 16 of the main cast members are members of the ''LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP'', there have been several nods to that:
** Jimmy is ''not'' happy about entering the server via the Toy Room, and claims to have "flashbacks" in relation to toys. He has also explicitly stated that he hates salmon.
** During his visit, Tommy is seen to own several oddly familiar Sheriff toys, which he claims to be his sons.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Several of the rats are illiterate, at least at the start of the series, often due to starting out in positions where they were never able to receive a modern education.
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty:
** Tubbo is first found locked in a cupboard with Shelby, allegedly for 3 years. This, apparently, has caused him to be driven to killing a nest of rat babies and cannibalizing on burgers made from them for survival. Shelby has no recollection of this, not knowing she had consumed ratlings.
** When [[spoiler:the Janitor enters the attic on the hunt]], the rats flee onto the roof and Oli proposes choosing a rat to eat to survive the winter. [[SubvertedTrope Everyone objects to this plan of action]].
* PreviouslyOn: Owen's condensed episodes of the series usually start with the line "[[{{Pun}} Last squeak]] on the Rats SMP…", followed by a narrated recap of the events of the previous episode.
* QuestGiver: Both the guests and the human [=NPCs=] function as this, openly or subtly giving the rats various quests to complete, like fetching them certain items or foodstuffs, or delivering messages.
* RatMen: All of the POV characters, by virtue of their humanoid Minecraft skins. Fan depictions vary on a sliding scale between this and depicting them as actual rats.
* ResourcefulRodent: The rats live their lives scurrying through the walls, pipes, and corners of the BigFancyHouse in which they reside, hiding from humans and scavenging for resources for survival from unused chests.
* SavageWolves: The wolves owned by the Gardeners patrol the perimeter of the Mansion's gardens and attack any and all rats on sight.
* ShoutOut:
** One of the toys in the Toy Room is a stylized fox in a suit that looks similar to the Minecraft skin of fellow content creator Seapeekay. Some of the server-members go as far as to say the toy looks familiar to them.
** The garden gnome that El builds for the second human Gardener is split into two due to its large size. Scott modifies it so that both ends are sticking out of VideoGame/{{portal}}s.
** Martyn spends several days in a maid dress, donning long, blond twintails in a distinctive hairstyle. Multiple people have referred to this as [[Music/HatsuneMiku Ratsune Miku]].
** An 'angel' statue in the garden which has its eyes covered. Considering it has moved to different locations between episodes/livestreams, it is suspiciously implied a [[Series/DoctorWho Weeping Angel]], though the series ends [[TheUnReveal before anything concrete is said about it]].
** When the first snow hits the Mansion on Day 47, the rats looking over the garden from Owen's balcony start quoting "[[WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}} Let It Go]]" lyrics.
** While hiding in the Attic-linked bathroom from the vicious cat clones, Jimmy points through the trapdoor near the entrance and compares the three clones to [[Literature/HarryPotter 'Draco', 'Crabbe', and 'Goyle']], nearly getting mauled to death through the open trapdoor in the process.
** When the Ballroom is opened, Martyn, Scott, and Bek start singing "[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Be Our Guest]]".
* SpecialGuest: Multiple fellow content creators have made one-off or voice-only appearances in the Rats SMP, including Ponk (as a badger), [=TommyInnit=] (as an indefinite winged, rat-like creature), Philza's wife Kristin (AKA "Mumza", as Mrs. Icraga), [=GeminiTay=] (as the Daughter), Seapeekay (as the Fox), Philza and [=KaraCorvus=] (as crows), Billzo (as a goat), and [=SmallishBeans=] (as Mr. Icraga).
* StargazingScene: Scott and Owen spend a night stargazing on Day 3.
* StockAnimalDiet:
** Cats can be fed milk as a distraction.
** Martyn and Acho's {{Trademark Favourite Food}}s are respectively stated to be 'g-RAT-ed cheese' and brie.
** Subverted with rabbit guests Aimsey and Guqqie; Acho tries to feed them carrots because he read that rabbits like them, but Guqqie protests this and points out not everything read in books is accurate.
* StuffBlowingUp: After Apo gets kidnapped by the Janitor, Bek, El, Jimmy, Krow, Oli, Oliver, Will sabotage the Boiler Room so that the pressure in the machinery builds up, causing a massive explosion and much destruction. El attributes it to AlcoholInducedIdiocy from finding the wine cellar earlier that day.
* SweetTooth:
** Tubbo's favourite food is stated to be sugar. Not sweets, ''sugar''. And apparently, if he doesn't have sugar… [[ImAHumanitarian things get messy]].
** Lizzie's favourite is said to be toffee, but since she's [[WrittenInAbsence asleep]] for most of the series, it's hard to say for sure.
** One of Oliver's favourite foods is melatonin gummies. The other is [[ExtremeOmnivore important time-sensitive documents]] in the law office.
* TeamChef:
** Since Scott is the one in charge of the food supply as the resident Farmer, this eventually extends to cooking as well.
** While Lizzie is nominally this as a baker, she spends most of the series asleep and [[SubvertedTrope ultimately never gets around to do much baking herself]].
** On the humans' end, Cassandra the chef is naturally this by default.
* TemptingFate:
** On Day 47, as the snowfall begins, Owen and Olive rejoice in finally being able to have "a normal day where nothing goes wrong". Cue Krow walking up to the group awkwardly asking how things are going, the group immediately deducing something is up, and everyone finding a [[RevengeBeforeReason very vengeful]] Scott in the Lobby with the cats. Cue a server-wide cat-astrophe.
** In the finale, the possibility of [[spoiler:Mr. Icraga or other humans coming up to the attic, the place where the rats live,]] is raised, which many of the rats dismiss. Later, this is exactly what happens once [[spoiler:Mr. Icraga calls the Janitor away from leave]].
* ThanksgivingEpisode: On Day 39, after midnight and all the humans have gone to bed, the rats gather to have a meal and compliment each other to celebrate "Ratsgiving".
* TrademarkFavouriteFood:
** Every rat is listed to have at least one in their introductory biographies [[AllThereInTheManual on Twitter]].
** Honey, for Ponk the badger.
* TrueCompanions: In the series finale, the mischief of attic rats are referred to as [[FamilyOfChoice a family]], having relied on each other for food, safety, and companionship for the past months.
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* UnnamedParent:
** Played straight for most of the rats who have their parents mentioned in their backstories.
** {{Downplayed|Trope}}; the Icraga parents are only known by their surname.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Most of the Icraga household treat the rats this way. Half the mischief of rats gathering on your library table having a CourtroomEpisode? Walk away. A sudden uptick in the Mansion's feline population, which may or may not size-shift? Ignore them. The Janitor is the only one who considers the rats an active threat to the Mansion, while the Eldest Daughter is a PunchClockVillain who doesn't mind them as long as they don't mess with her stuff.
* VillainyFreeVillain: The human [=NPCs=] and cats are by all means reasonable to want rats out of the house -- especially the Janitor, who knows the rats are sentient and can do great damage if they want to. However, since the story is told from the perspective of the rats, these antagonistic figures are still unpleasant to be around, and the Janitor in particular is presented as overzealous and ''terrifying'', even to the Icraga children.
* WainscotSociety: The rat world exists in the nooks and crannies of the human world, hidden behind walls and in attics and alleyways. According to El, at least, some parts of rat society even have their own class system. There is often interaction between the two worlds, as the rats often still have to obtain food from ''somewhere''.
* WrittenInAbsence: Shelby and Tubbo were not able to make it to the first day of the series; their characters started on Day 2 with the claim that they had been locked in the cupboard for three days… or years.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=126ED2CgMIU Olive's 1st episode]] as Oliver describes the series to be ''The Secret World of Anime/{{Arrietty}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'', presumably also meeting ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
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-->-- '''Narrator'''
The ''Rats SMP'' is a private, modded ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' multiplayer server hosted by [=POWCreations=], which was founded by Apokuna and [=OwengeJuiceTV=]. It features several prominent Minecraft [=YouTubers=] and streamers, including Bekyamon, Soupforeloise, Krowfang, [[LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP Scott Smajor, LDShadowLady, SolidarityGaming, TheOrionSound, Shubble]], LetsPlay/{{InTheLittleWood}}, and LetsPlay/{{Tubbo}}, with numerous guest stars from the broader Minecraft content creator community.
On the SMP, all the players are RatMen living in a large Mansion in the countryside; however, the Mansion is also inhabited by human [=NPCs=], who will attempt to catch and either trap or kill any of the rats if they see them. If a player dies three times, they are KilledOffForReal. In between server events, the rats must complete various quests to establish a closer relationship with both other Mansion inhabitants and guests, or prevent the humans from discovering their presence in their walls.
The ''Rats SMP'' began on October 16th, 2022, and ended on January 8th, 2023.
'''Note:''' Unless otherwise specified, all tropes pertain to the '''characters''', not the '''content creators''' that play them.
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!!The Rats SMP contains examples of:
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: PlayedForDrama. According to El, the rats tried some drinks after finding the wine cellar to the Mansion on Day 29, which resulted in a ''severe'' lack of judgement and the intentional overheating and subsequent explosion of the Boiler Room. The Janitor is [[MisplacedRetribution not happy about it]], to say the least.
* AllThereInTheManual: Supplementary material in the form of character bios for the main cast can be found on [[https://twitter.com/POWCreations POWCreations' official Twitter account]].
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A few of the rats have decidedly unnatural fur/hair colours, like Acho (lilac), Lizzie (pink), and Scott (light blue). Acho's case is justified, being a former pet fancy rat living with ''unconventional'' humans (and his fur is revealed to be naturally white in his finale), but the other two have ''no'' excuse.
* AnvilOnHead: After the cats are released, Tubbo drops an anvil on one of them. It ''somehow'' lives.
* ArtImitatesArt: El's art gallery displays many rat-ified pastiches of classic art pieces created with the Chisel and Bits mod, including the "[[MonaLisaSmile Mona Rita]]", "[[TheScreamParody The Squeak]]", a version of "Starry Night" where [[CheesyMoon the moon is a piece of cheese]], and "[[SistineSteal The Creation of Ratam]]".
* ArtisticLicenseBiology:
** Several references have been thrown around regarding the passage of time for the rats in years, especially in their backstories. In actuality, ''domesticated'' pet rats only live 2-4 years on average and about 7 years at maximum, while their wild counterpart, the brown rat, often barely lives ''one'' year.
** On a related note, the rat reproductive rate is thoroughly exaggerated. Rats typically have 5-10 babies per litter (or up to 12), and 3-6 litters per year, their average lifespan in the wild. This means they would usually have under 100 babies in a year, and are unlikely to have 400 or more children in a generation.
** Similarly to the rats, it's stated that the termite guests have been living in the walls of the attic their entire lives up until they were found by the rats, which was about a week at most. In reality, queen termites can live up to ''a decade'' in optimal conditions, and even worker termites have an average livespan of a year on average.
** Additionally, the termites pass their crown between each other, allegedly because their late grandfather never left a line of succession for it; needless to say, this is ''not'' how termite "queens" function -- or any insect colonies, for that matter.
* BackForTheFinale:
** Lizzie accidentally falls asleep after the first few weeks and only wakes up in time for the finale. [[spoiler:And then [[BackForTheDead she gets shot]] by Mr. Icraga with a medieval crossbow. Luckily for her, she still has two lives to spare from being PutOnABus for most of the series' run-time.]]
** After [[spoiler:the Janitor]] is told to pack up and leave about ten days after his debut, he returns for the finale when [[spoiler:Mr. Icraga comes home and]] calls him ''off'' leave.
* BetaCouple: Aimsey and Guqqie, the rabbit guests, get together with much sweetness and fairly little drama.
-->'''Martyn:''' Well, this goes better than Eloise and Bek, doesn't it?
* BlackComedy: After being kidnapped by the Janitor on Day 29 and trapped in his van, Oli comments that as a little guy, Apo shouldn't be getting into strangers' vans.
-->'''Apo:''' I'm trying to! […] He didn't even offer me candy!
* BigFancyHouse: The place where the server is set is a large house in the countryside, distant from the big cities; the house itself is enormous, not just from the perspective of the rat protagonists, but from the fact that it contains rooms and halls fancy enough to have chandeliers, as well as rat-sized secret passageways between rooms inside the walls.
* BluntYes: On Day 29, Apo is captured by the Janitor and imprisoned in the Van, and no one can break him out with just their pickaxes, chisels, and teeth. And look, Jimmy just ''had'' to check, you know?
-->'''Jimmy:''' First off, do we care if he drives off with Apo?\\
'''Everyone else:''' YES.
* BriefAccentImitation: After completing a quest for the Maid's melon juice, Apo, Bek, and Scott notice a painting of French ships in a hallway and start imitating French accents, burning candles in the attic to "get rid of the accent".
* CelebrityParadox: Sneeg and Philza from the ''LetsPlay/OriginsSMP'', a different world, make guest appearances in the series. Aside from a few comments that they look or sound familiar (and Sneeg gifting Scott a [[CelestialBody Nether star]] on arrival), the series attempts to side-step the issue that Scott the content creator is on ''both'' servers.
* CharacterOverlap: Special guests Sneeg and Philza are {{Dimensional Traveler}}s who are native to the ''LetsPlay/OriginsSMP''. A lightning strike may or may not have been involved in the dimension travel.
* ChekhovsGun: On Day 2, Scott, Bek, Owen, and Will discover a lever suspended on the ceiling, and surmise pulling it allows humans to access the attic where the rats are living. [[spoiler:It {{foreshadow|ing}}s the finale where the Janitor comes into the attic using this, forcing the entire rat population to flee the Mansion altogether as their home and safe space has been compromised.]]
* CourtroomEpisode: About halfway through the series, a trial is held for Oli because he pushed Apo to be mauled by cats to save himself. El, acting as the judge presiding over the trial, declares Oli neither guilty nor innocent but arranges a duel for the two parties to fight it out.
* CrackInTheSky: The portal connecting the LetsPlay/OriginsSMP that allowed Sneeg to enter the ''Rats'' world appears as a patch of dark blue sky with what appears to be stars scattered around.
* {{Crossover}}: A brief one with the LetsPlay/OriginsSMP occurs when guests Sneeg and Philza travel into the ''Rats'' dimension via a CrackInTheSky.
* DamselInDistress[=/=]DistressedDude: Any of the rats who are caught and trapped in cages by humans become this; they have 7 minutes to be rescued, otherwise they are killed. However, this can be [[DamselOutOfDistress subverted]] with the use of Chorus Fruit or an Ender pearl, which allows the consumer/thrower to teleport a few blocks away and thus out of the cage.
* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: To the Magical Squid, at least, who requires the rats to dance well enough to his standards to obtain a Glitter Sac from him. Considering the rats need the Glitter Sac as a potion ingredient to reverse a ForcedTransformation for two among their number, this challenge is taken very seriously by everyone involved.
* DarkAndTroubledPast:
** Oli's [[ParentalAbandonment mother apparently "died long ago from rat diseases" and his father was apparently flushed down the toilet]], causing him to turn to rummaging through garbage for survival. He's also been confirmed to have an absurdly large number of dead family members.
** The reason Jimmy is the Safety Rat is apparently because his old house burnt down with his family in it.
** [[spoiler:Billzo the goat escaped from a slaughterhouse-farm and was on the run after his parents were sent off to the glue factory, only to stumble across the Mansion the rats were residing.]]
* DontCelebrateJustYet: On Day 47, after Scott throws the first couple of potion doses at the cats, they split into four clones which either kill each other or suffocate in the walls. The rats initially gather to celebrate their apparent victory, only to get chased down by the final clone, and the last dose of the potion ends in catastrophe.
* DoubleJump: One of the rats' abilities, which helps negate or at least soften any fall damage they sustain.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The rats, being rats, are prone to eating just about anything and everything. There have been mentions of them eating glue, apple seeds, paper, Bottles o' Enchanting, candle wax, and gnawing on the wires and walls.
* FesteringFungus: After the explosion of the Boiler Room, a deadly invasive species of warped fungus begins to grow in the Mansion, concentrated at first in the garden, then in the destroyed Boiler Room as Owen decides to plant a mushroom to get rid of the bug infestation there. Inhaling its spores in large amounts is deadly to rats ''and'' humans, granting long-lasting Slowness and later Wither effects, the latter of which can be lethal; even inhaling too much of the fumes in which the fungus is burnt can kill in three days. So far, it has (directly or indirectly) claimed the lives of many of Scott's unnamed family members and Owen (life #1)… but not Shelby, who's [[BrooklynRage from New York]] and is joked to be Built Different™.[[note]]In actuality, Shelby just downed a bottle of milk, which can clear one potion effect -- in her case, the Wither effect inflicted by the spores.[[/note]]
* ForcedTransformation:
** On Day 39, Will and El are accidentally turned into cats after Oli throws one of the Eldest Daughter's potions on them, and have only [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve until midnight]] that day to undo the effects before they become cats permanently.
** On Day 47, Scott attempts to {{invoke|dTrope}} this by attempting to brew potions that can turn the cats into rats, so he can kill them in revenge. [[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately for him and the other rats]], brewing potions is ''not'' like cooking as he assumed; under the potion's effects, the two cats multiply in numbers, one of the 'clones' gets killed by another clone, two more suddenly drop dead, and the other, newer clones shift in sizes -- either enlarging to half the height of a human or shrinking to the size of a termite. The resultant disaster, which Scott ultimately ''very much'' regrets, ultimately causes two canon deaths.
* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Most of the creators' stream chats take the form of fleas, and raiding another creator on Twitch is referred to as "sharing fleas"; Owen's, though, are gears, and Scott's are clumps of mud.
* FromRoommatesToRomance: Oliver moves into Sniff's house at the start of the series, and they get together near the end.
-->'''Sniff:''' I'm gonna make Olive[r] and I's room, because apparently we're sharing a room. Now, before you ask if that's gay, it is.
* HumansAreCthulhu: The humans are several times taller than the rats, who all but live in perpetual terror hiding from them. While the rats gradually get used to the humans' presence and later [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu help resolve conflicts between the NPCs from afar]], and the humans occasionally ''do'' help the rats in turn with problems like magical mishaps, the inherent threat of being trapped in a cage with no one to save them in time is always daunting for the rats and a constant in their life in the Mansion.
-->'''Jimmy:''' ''(hiding from the Maid)'' I don't like this. I didn't know this is- This is Horror SMP!
* HurricaneOfPuns: And not just because there's a resident Pun Master rat; half the server are willing and able to make puns, often relating to rodents or their respective specialties, when the situation calls for it.
* ImAHumanitarian:
** Other than being forced to cannibalizing on ratlings for survival just before the events of the series, Tubbo gives Bek some of the leftover meat from his time in the "Cupboard of Starvation" without telling her of what it actually consists of. When this is revealed, everyone else is disturbed.
** {{Discussed|Trope}} [[BlackComedyCannibalism for Laughs]]. When rabbit guests Aimsey and Guqqie are invited to stay in the shed for shelter from the cold, Martyn asks Scott to feed them rabbit stew. The two rabbits are rightfully horrified, and Scott chides him on being mean until he get the memo that they ''are'' rabbits.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Weapons used by the rats due to their small size include [[SewingNeedleSword sewing needles and safety pins as swords]], buttons and golden coins as shields, thumbtacks as arrows, and dental floss picks as bows.
* JumpScare: While not patrolling the hallways, the humans are known to materialize out of thin air in parts of the Mansion where the rats are, resulting in this and forcing them to flee and remain vigilant at all times.
* {{Lilliputians}}: All of the main cast are rats, and are under one block tall. The non-human guest stars, being other animals, are also typically shorter than the the human [=NPCs=].
* MassiveNumberedSiblings:
** {{Discussed|Trope}}; Martyn claims to have [[ExplosiveBreeder 500 children]] by the time the series takes place, though none of them are ever seen in the livestreams or episodes.[[note]]A later livestream has him claim that he only has two kids, which is likely a reflection of his content creator counterpart's family life.[[/note]]
** Owen has 461 older siblings.
* MouseWorld: The rats reside in the walls and attic of the Mansion, and in various corners of the human world. Rat society also draws certain parallels with human society, sharing bonds and friendships, furniture, weapons, etc.
* MythologyGag: Considering 5 out of 16 of the main cast members are members of the ''LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP'', there have been several nods to that:
** Jimmy is ''not'' happy about entering the server via the Toy Room, and claims to have "flashbacks" in relation to toys. He has also explicitly stated that he hates salmon.
** During his visit, Tommy is seen to own several oddly familiar Sheriff toys, which he claims to be his sons.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Several of the rats are illiterate, at least at the start of the series, often due to starting out in positions where they were never able to receive a modern education.
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty:
** Tubbo is first found locked in a cupboard with Shelby, allegedly for 3 years. This, apparently, has caused him to be driven to killing a nest of rat babies and cannibalizing on burgers made from them for survival. Shelby has no recollection of this, not knowing she had consumed ratlings.
** When [[spoiler:the Janitor enters the attic on the hunt]], the rats flee onto the roof and Oli proposes choosing a rat to eat to survive the winter. [[SubvertedTrope Everyone objects to this plan of action]].
* PreviouslyOn: Owen's condensed episodes of the series usually start with the line "[[{{Pun}} Last squeak]] on the Rats SMP…", followed by a narrated recap of the events of the previous episode.
* QuestGiver: Both the guests and the human [=NPCs=] function as this, openly or subtly giving the rats various quests to complete, like fetching them certain items or foodstuffs, or delivering messages.
* RatMen: All of the POV characters, by virtue of their humanoid Minecraft skins. Fan depictions vary on a sliding scale between this and depicting them as actual rats.
* ResourcefulRodent: The rats live their lives scurrying through the walls, pipes, and corners of the BigFancyHouse in which they reside, hiding from humans and scavenging for resources for survival from unused chests.
* SavageWolves: The wolves owned by the Gardeners patrol the perimeter of the Mansion's gardens and attack any and all rats on sight.
* ShoutOut:
** One of the toys in the Toy Room is a stylized fox in a suit that looks similar to the Minecraft skin of fellow content creator Seapeekay. Some of the server-members go as far as to say the toy looks familiar to them.
** The garden gnome that El builds for the second human Gardener is split into two due to its large size. Scott modifies it so that both ends are sticking out of VideoGame/{{portal}}s.
** Martyn spends several days in a maid dress, donning long, blond twintails in a distinctive hairstyle. Multiple people have referred to this as [[Music/HatsuneMiku Ratsune Miku]].
** An 'angel' statue in the garden which has its eyes covered. Considering it has moved to different locations between episodes/livestreams, it is suspiciously implied a [[Series/DoctorWho Weeping Angel]], though the series ends [[TheUnReveal before anything concrete is said about it]].
** When the first snow hits the Mansion on Day 47, the rats looking over the garden from Owen's balcony start quoting "[[WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}} Let It Go]]" lyrics.
** While hiding in the Attic-linked bathroom from the vicious cat clones, Jimmy points through the trapdoor near the entrance and compares the three clones to [[Literature/HarryPotter 'Draco', 'Crabbe', and 'Goyle']], nearly getting mauled to death through the open trapdoor in the process.
** When the Ballroom is opened, Martyn, Scott, and Bek start singing "[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Be Our Guest]]".
* SpecialGuest: Multiple fellow content creators have made one-off or voice-only appearances in the Rats SMP, including Ponk (as a badger), [=TommyInnit=] (as an indefinite winged, rat-like creature), Philza's wife Kristin (AKA "Mumza", as Mrs. Icraga), [=GeminiTay=] (as the Daughter), Seapeekay (as the Fox), Philza and [=KaraCorvus=] (as crows), Billzo (as a goat), and [=SmallishBeans=] (as Mr. Icraga).
* StargazingScene: Scott and Owen spend a night stargazing on Day 3.
* StockAnimalDiet:
** Cats can be fed milk as a distraction.
** Martyn and Acho's {{Trademark Favourite Food}}s are respectively stated to be 'g-RAT-ed cheese' and brie.
** Subverted with rabbit guests Aimsey and Guqqie; Acho tries to feed them carrots because he read that rabbits like them, but Guqqie protests this and points out not everything read in books is accurate.
* StuffBlowingUp: After Apo gets kidnapped by the Janitor, Bek, El, Jimmy, Krow, Oli, Oliver, Will sabotage the Boiler Room so that the pressure in the machinery builds up, causing a massive explosion and much destruction. El attributes it to AlcoholInducedIdiocy from finding the wine cellar earlier that day.
* SweetTooth:
** Tubbo's favourite food is stated to be sugar. Not sweets, ''sugar''. And apparently, if he doesn't have sugar… [[ImAHumanitarian things get messy]].
** Lizzie's favourite is said to be toffee, but since she's [[WrittenInAbsence asleep]] for most of the series, it's hard to say for sure.
** One of Oliver's favourite foods is melatonin gummies. The other is [[ExtremeOmnivore important time-sensitive documents]] in the law office.
* TeamChef:
** Since Scott is the one in charge of the food supply as the resident Farmer, this eventually extends to cooking as well.
** While Lizzie is nominally this as a baker, she spends most of the series asleep and [[SubvertedTrope ultimately never gets around to do much baking herself]].
** On the humans' end, Cassandra the chef is naturally this by default.
* TemptingFate:
** On Day 47, as the snowfall begins, Owen and Olive rejoice in finally being able to have "a normal day where nothing goes wrong". Cue Krow walking up to the group awkwardly asking how things are going, the group immediately deducing something is up, and everyone finding a [[RevengeBeforeReason very vengeful]] Scott in the Lobby with the cats. Cue a server-wide cat-astrophe.
** In the finale, the possibility of [[spoiler:Mr. Icraga or other humans coming up to the attic, the place where the rats live,]] is raised, which many of the rats dismiss. Later, this is exactly what happens once [[spoiler:Mr. Icraga calls the Janitor away from leave]].
* ThanksgivingEpisode: On Day 39, after midnight and all the humans have gone to bed, the rats gather to have a meal and compliment each other to celebrate "Ratsgiving".
* TrademarkFavouriteFood:
** Every rat is listed to have at least one in their introductory biographies [[AllThereInTheManual on Twitter]].
** Honey, for Ponk the badger.
* TrueCompanions: In the series finale, the mischief of attic rats are referred to as [[FamilyOfChoice a family]], having relied on each other for food, safety, and companionship for the past months.
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* UnnamedParent:
** Played straight for most of the rats who have their parents mentioned in their backstories.
** {{Downplayed|Trope}}; the Icraga parents are only known by their surname.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Most of the Icraga household treat the rats this way. Half the mischief of rats gathering on your library table having a CourtroomEpisode? Walk away. A sudden uptick in the Mansion's feline population, which may or may not size-shift? Ignore them. The Janitor is the only one who considers the rats an active threat to the Mansion, while the Eldest Daughter is a PunchClockVillain who doesn't mind them as long as they don't mess with her stuff.
* VillainyFreeVillain: The human [=NPCs=] and cats are by all means reasonable to want rats out of the house -- especially the Janitor, who knows the rats are sentient and can do great damage if they want to. However, since the story is told from the perspective of the rats, these antagonistic figures are still unpleasant to be around, and the Janitor in particular is presented as overzealous and ''terrifying'', even to the Icraga children.
* WainscotSociety: The rat world exists in the nooks and crannies of the human world, hidden behind walls and in attics and alleyways. According to El, at least, some parts of rat society even have their own class system. There is often interaction between the two worlds, as the rats often still have to obtain food from ''somewhere''.
* WrittenInAbsence: Shelby and Tubbo were not able to make it to the first day of the series; their characters started on Day 2 with the claim that they had been locked in the cupboard for three days… or years.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=126ED2CgMIU Olive's 1st episode]] as Oliver describes the series to be ''The Secret World of Anime/{{Arrietty}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'', presumably also meeting ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
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